Have you ever seen injustices but it didn't matter because they didn't see the other person as equal? In the book A Lesson Before Dying by ERNEST J. GAINES shows how a black man was accused of a crime he did not commit! He was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Tom Robinson was accused of raping a young white woman. In both books both men were accused of crimes they did not commit. A coming of age in the book to kill a mockingbird Scout and Jem are attacked by Bob Ewell. Then Boo Radley comes out and defends them, Scout then realizes the Boo Radley is a kind man that is just a little different. In the book A Lesson Before Dying a coming of age was when Miss Emma chose Grant to turn Jefferson
